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The Symbolism of Mirrors

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As we know, you break a mirror and it’s seven years of bad luck—so why? Barbara Walker writes that “the ancients attributed mystic powers to any reflective surface, solid or liquid, because the reflection was considered part of the soul. Heavy taboos were laid on the act of disturbing water into which a person was gazing, because shattering t…

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